You can drop off your used or empty laser and inkjet cartridges at all Officeworks and participating Australia Post, Harvey Norman, The Good Guys, JB Hi-Fi, Office National and Office Products Depot outlets. Inkjet cartridges, toner cartridges and toner bottles are accepted. This includes cartridges used in printers, photocopiers and fax machines.

(Please note, some boxes may not be visible or on display due to limited store floor space, in these cases please ask the staff at the counter and hand cartridge directly to them.)

If your workplace or business has large quantities of printer cartridges to recycle, visit BusinessRecycling.com.au to find suitable collection or pick up service options or register for a free 'Cartridges 4 Planet Ark' workplace collection box.

Council services for Printer Cartridges

Shire of Cunderdin has not listed any locations where you can recycle your printer cartridges.

The 'Cartridges 4 Planet Ark' program has recycled more than 34 million cartridges via 30,000 businesses and over 3,000 retail outlets.

The 'Cartridges 4 Planet Ark' program is an example of an extended producer responsibility program. The six participating brands, Brother, Canon, Epson, HP, Konica Minolta, and Kyocera, pay for the collection and recycling of their cartridges. They are taking responsibility for the cartridges they produce.

For more information:

If your workplace consumes a lot of cartridges, you may eligible for this free cartridge recycling service. Call the 'Cartridges 4 Planet Ark hotline' on 1800 24 24 73 for more information.

Resources

Recycling Near You Annual Report (2014)
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333kb
pdf file)
Visits to Planet Ark's RecyclingNearYou
website have demonstrated that when manufacturers and retailers take responsibility for the items they produce or sell, consumers will be ready to play their part in recycling them. The combined e-waste category has again topped the list of most searched materials.

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